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Re:Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die by amirmc on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @07:36AM (#3589741)
Another, often overlooked point is when things need to be done by.

Also, I got in the habit of putting a table of actions right at the front of the minutes (after the preamble of time/date/attendees etc). It was the first thing people would see on opening the doc.

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Re:Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die by jacques_chester on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @07:40AM (#3589750)
That's a nifty idea. Mind if I pinch it in future?
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Re:Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die by amirmc on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @10:20AM (#3590297)
I'm flattered. Below is an (anonymised) example of the last set of minutes I took. Hope you find it useful.

PDF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/486678/ExampleMinutes_2012-02-14.pdf

DOC: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/486678/ExampleMinutes_2012-02-14.doc

Edit: I once toyed with the idea of trying to write an iPad app that can automagically structure a set of minutes for you. It would have been a way for me to learn iOS and do something useful for myself at the time.

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Re:Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die by jacques_chester on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @04:55PM (#3591958)
Excellent example document.

I toyed with a similar idea for an application, but this was about a decade ago when my (most excellent) secretary grumbled about my nitpicking.

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